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Sundance Review: Living Cements Bill Nighy’s Legacy as a Living Legend

Let us then use this space to celebrate Bill Nighy. The Surrey-born performer made a name for himself in the National Theater in the '80s & '90s before exp...

Sundance Review: All That Breathes Takes a Powerful Cinematic Approach to Capture Climate Change

There’s no scarcity of documentaries on climate change; at the most recent Cannes Film Festival there was even a new program strand entitled “Cinema for the Cl...

Sundance Review: Brian and Charles is an Offbeat Comedy About a Sweet-Natured Friendship

Extended from the award-winning short of the same name, Jim Archer’s offbeat comedy Brian and Charles is borne of love and friendship. A sweet tale about a lon...

Sundance Review: Utama Asks for Death with Dignity in the Bolivian Highlands

Utama is about the effects of climate change and its particular impact on South America's indigenous communities, no doubt, but its other urgent subject depict...

Bruno Dumont Starts Shooting Sci-Fi Feature The Empire with Virginie Efira, Lily-Rose Depp & Adèle Haenel

Following up one of last year's best, most overlooked films, the Lea Seydoux-led France, Bruno Dumont has already embarked on shooting his next feature and not...

Sundance Review: Girl Picture is a Joyful, Predictable Coming-of-Age Collage

Mimmi (Aamu Milonoff), Rönkkö (Eleonoora Kauhanen), and Emma (Linnea Leino) are three ordinary girls trying to navigate the turbulence of teenage life. Mimmi i...

Sundance Review: Babysitter is a Dated But Ambitious Comedy of Bad Manners

A comedy of (bad) manners, Monia Chokri's Babysitter plays with myriad interesting themes, ranging from toxic masculinity to post-postpartum depression but ult...

Sundance Review: Free Chol Soo Lee is a Gripping Doc on Systemic Injustice

Shedding light on the life of the Korean-American cause cél`èbe, Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s Free Chol Soo Lee captures a unique moment in Asian American history ...

The Criterion Channel’s February Lineup Includes Melvin Van Peebles, Douglas Sirk, Laura Dern & More

Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles...

Sundance Review: Lucy and Desi Finds Amy Poehler Crafting a Comprehensive, Reverent Dual Biography

Amy Poehler’s chronological, comprehensive documentary debut Lucy and Desi attempts to give the entire story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Covering the coupl...

News

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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